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Managing a Nuclear North Korea: More Is Not Better

Author

Loo, Bernard Fook Weng

Date of Issue

2017-10-19

School

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Abstract

Given North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, is the best way to manage security and stability in Northeast Asia to encourage both Japan and South Korea to acquire their respective independent nuclear arsenals? Or will this proposal more likely encourage greater instability and bring the region closer to nuclear cataclysm?